Yoga Events & Conferences

September 7-11, 2010

5-Day Teacher Training at Yoga on High, Columbus, Ohio

This 5-day training will focus on two essential aspects of teaching: observation and touch. What can you see in your students and what can you do about it? If you have ever been in class with Rodney, you know reading poses and devising adjustments for them are two of his strengths. After reading your pose with his own brand of X-ray vision, Rodney can recommend a subtle change in how your body works that pose and release a whole host of problems, leaving you free all over. His touch is sure and precise, gentle yet strong when it needs to be—the kind of touch a body can trust and learn from. In addition to its focus on observation and touch, the week will include pranayama, meditation and asana practice. You will return to your students refreshed and inspired.

September 14-18, 2010

5-Day Advanced Retreat at Heathen Hill Yoga, Franklin, New York (Senior Student Invitational)

This is the fourth annual late summer advanced retreat at Heathen Hill, and we keep coming back! For more information contact Lippy at susanliporem@gmail.com

October 2010 - May 2011

Yoga Shanti Teacher Training, 300-Hour In-Depth Program

With Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee as core faculty, along with special guests instructors Richard Rosen, Richard Freeman, Heidi Fokine, Susan 'Lip' Orem, Manorama (teaching Sanskrit Studies), and Sinead Fitzgibbon (teaching Anatomy).

The Yoga Shanti Teacher Training Program will take place over the course of 8 months, one weekend a month, from October 2010 through May 2011 at Yoga Shanti, in Sag Harbor, New York. Weekends will include Friday afternoon/evening and all day Saturday and Sunday. The program consists of 184 hours of classroom time plus the following requirements to make up a total of 300 plus hours of study: structured home practice course through Gaiam Yoga Club; supervised observing and assisting in public classes taught by Program Faculty; attendance in a specified number of community yoga classes; and homework including keeping a daily practice journal and completing writing assignments and required readings.

The program curriculum includes focus on practice of asana, pranayama, and meditation; teaching methodologies, sequencing, and effective manual adjustments; anatomy and CPR; yoga history and philosophy; basic Sanskrit and chanting; student teaching and evaluation; and plenty of discussion and interaction.

The program is geared toward students with a minimum of 2 years dedicated yoga practice (but all interested and dedicated students encouraged to apply!). The program is registered with Yoga Alliance. Successful completion of the program will qualify the graduate to register with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) level.

Registration Inquires or call 575-770-2379

October 15-17, 2010

A Weekend of Yoga with Rodney and Colleen at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY

Masculine energy is typified as being more gross, while feminine energy is typified as more subtle. In this workshop, we move from vinyasa (linking movement with breath) to integrated alignment; from chanting to silence; from pranayama (breath exercises) to pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses toward the self); and from philosophy to meditation, creating a profound experience of movement from the gross to the subtle.

This expertly guided practice enables us to refine our attention and begin to dissolve the illusion of the boundary between male and female and between us and the world. As a result, we move in the direction of joyful, selfless service in all of our relationships, beginning with our relationship to self.

October 28 - November 3, 2010

Bali Yoga Retreat with Rodney and Colleen

The Inner Workings of Asana: Understanding the Relationship between Asana, Pranayama, and Meditation

It’s always fun to work the muscular and skeletal systems and to cleanse our bodies through heat. But it is also wise to play with the subtle body and interweave pranayama and meditation practices with our asana practice. Come and join us on the island of Bali to deepen our practices and share the cultural phenomenon of the Balinese.

Como Shambhala Website

Registration Inquires

November 12-14, 2010

Rodney and Colleen at the The Florida Yoga Journal Conference

Colleen Saidman and Rodney Yee will be at The Florida Yoga Journal Conference this November. The Conferences are a unique experience that will deepen your practice with instruction from the master teachers you’ve read about in Yoga Journal. Now experience them live! Each conference includes panel discussions between renowned yogis, keynote speeches by well-known authors and experts, benefit events, yoga demos, live music and a community connection gathering. More info to come soon….

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December 5-11, 2010

Moving from Conflict Toward Peace ~ An Exploration of Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, and Chanting

Take a vacation from the mind’s chatter and learn to re-inhabit your body with veteran teachers Colleen Saidman and Rodney Yee. They will use the tools of observation, vibration, and movement - plus hard work and some rock and roll music - to focus on specific alignment and sequencing for standing poses, hip openers, twists, and backbends. The principles of alignment will then be brought into a flow class where the focus will be on receptivity and the body’s natural wisdom as preparation for pranayama and meditation.

The award-winning COMO Shambhala Retreat in the northern Caribbean's Turks and Caicos Islands continues to lead the way in holistic wellness. The Retreat occupies the leeward flank of this private island, overlooking wetlands rich with birdlife. Facilities include an infinity pool, Yoga rooms, Pilates studio and numerous treatment areas.

The Retreat includes the following: 6 nights accommodation, arriving 5 December and departing 11 Decemebr 2010, full American breakfast daily, daily lunch and dinner from a specially prepared COMO Shambhala Retreat Menu (beverages not included), 5 hours of Yoga instruction with Rodney and Colleen daily (Tues through Friday), return airport transfers (for commercially scheduled flights only).

COMO Shambhala Resort Fact Sheet

March 19-26, 2011

Blue Spirit Yoga Retreat: 5 Days in Beautiful Costa Rica

Join Colleen Saidman and Rodney Yee on on their return to Blue Spirit Retreat in Costa Rica, Central America! The 2010 experience was so wonderful they are returning again in 2011!!

Blue Spirit Retreat, located in Nosara on the northwest coast of Costa Rica provides an exceptional setting to all who are dedicated to spiritual transformation, personal development, and environmental sustainability. Perched on a peninsula overlooking the Pacific Ocean and a three-mile long white sand beach that is protected as a turtle refuge – Blue Spirit Retreat offers an extraordinarily beautiful and natural setting on one of Costa Rica’s finest beaches, allowing for a deeply nurturing and unforgettable experience. This 5-day yoga retreat includes morning and afternoon yoga classes with Colleen and Rodney Yee, and three meals per day. The cuisine at Blue Spirit Retreat focuses on organic (as available), natural vegetarian cooking made from locally grown produce, as well as fresh fish caught by fisherman from local waters.

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